https://vimeo.com/39740228] Maplewood Music Studio, located on 47 West Maplewood Mall, is set up much like an apartment. If you open the first door to your left, you walk down and narrow hallway, which eventually opens [continue reading…]
Philadelphia Young Playwrights has a mission. That mission is to bring the arts into the schools of Philadelphia and to “tap the potential of youth and inspire learning through playwriting.” At Morrison Elementary, they are [continue reading…]
[vimeo 39653154 height=400 width=600] As the Fuego Dance Company rehearsed for its Susan G. Komen’s Latinas United for the Cure performances, dance director Hector Serrano’s voice reigned supreme. “Lets go everybody, get your butts in here,” [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/39662526] A partnership between the Mann Older Adult Community Center, Taller Puertorriqueno and the Alzheimer’s Association is helping keep the minds of Fairhill’s senior community active. The collaborators are attempting to keep the aggressive Alzheimer’s [continue reading…]
Flame throwers, hula hoop masters, live bands, Chickie and Pete’s famous crab fries and Sony flat panel televisions are just a few spectacles that entertained sports fans during the grand opening weekend of XFINITY Live. [continue reading…]
What once was a bathroom is now a facility for learning. A sake-barrel breaking ceremony this weekend announced the reopening of Fairmount’s Japanese house and garden, Shofuso House, and the inauguration of its new building, [continue reading…]
Residents of Fairhill looking for a photographer or travel agent need look no further than Gisone’s Images. Located at 2728 N. Fifth St, Gisone’s Images has been serving the community since 1992. Lazara Gisone, who [continue reading…]
The Sports Complex Special Services District will open its latest attraction—to add to Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field and the Wells Fargo Center—XFINITY Live! on Friday. The Lower South District’s sports complex annually generates [continue reading…]
“Long ago and far away there was a little village at the foot of Mount Fuji,” began Allison Zito, the teacher of the Japanese Paper Figures class at Chestnut Hill’s Morris Arboretum. “And the people [continue reading…]
For the past three summers, Brewerytown has hosted the annual Art and Soul Food festival, a celebration of local food, art, music and fashion. The event is an indoor-outdoor festival located on West Girard Avenue [continue reading…]
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